Venetian Games
2025 details subject to change
Kling tennis Tournament
Qualifiers:
Monday, July 21, 2025
Finals:
Thursday, July 24, 2025
9 am - end
$10 / person / event
REGISTRATION OPEN soon!
REGISTER BY JULY 16, 2025
Tournaments include both singles and doubles play.
Manager: Kim Binsky
Email: kbinsky@yahoo.com
Nick Kling memorial youth tennis clinic
Monday, July 21, 2025
open to ages 10-18
Free of charge!
registration On-Site
Nick Kling Memorial Youth Tennis Clinic is free of charge and open to youth between 10 and 18 years of age.
Clinics will begin at 9 am at the Shanahan Field Stroud Courts divided by age:
10-13 year-olds @ 9:00 am
14-18 year-olds @ 10:00 am
Manager: Larry Letwin
Phone: 517.243.5559
volleyball
Saturday, July 19, 2025
11 am - End
$80 per team
REGISTRATION OPEN soon!
Beach Volleyball takes place in Ferry Beach Courts during AquaPalooza. Teams include 6 co-ed players; 4 on the court and up to 2 alternates.
Manager: Audra Randall
Email: rocker23@icloud.com
Phone: 231.459.5416
3-on-3 basketball
Sunday, July 20, 2025
9 am - end
$100 per team
REGISTRATION OPEN soon!
3-on-3 Basketball Tournaments take place at the Charlevoix Middle-High School. Teams include 4 players; 3 on the court and 1 alternate.
Games Manager: Anthony Troshak
Email: atroshak23@gmail.com
Bingo!
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
12 pm - 2:30 pm
free for all ages!
***new location***
No pre-registration required
Bingo this year will be held at the Community Reformed Church of Charlevoix, and features tough competition with seasoned Seniors from American House.
Games Manager: American House
Email: charlevoix@americanhouse.com
Phone: 231.547.2599
3-Club Golf Tournament
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
1 pm - end
$12/Youth • $25/Adult
REGISTRATION OPEN soon!
Join the 3-Club Golf Tournament at the Charlevoix Municipal Course!
Registration fees includes both the tournament fees and all green fees.
This is a straight up tournament with no handicaps. Players pick any three clubs and a putter to carry onto the course.
There are prizes for the top two finishers in each category:
- Youth (ages 12-17)
- Adult Men
- Adult Women
- Sr. Women (60 and Over)
- Sr. Men (60 and Over)
Email: deanod@charter.net
Phone: 231.349.0534
Cornetian
Saturday, July 19, 2025
12 pm - End
$20 per person
REGISTRATION ON-SITE
10 am // 7.19.25 // ferry beach
The Cornetian CornToss Tourney takes place during AquaPalooza at Ferry Beach the first Saturday of Venetian. Two-person team with multiple courts available.
Games Manager: Boogie Carlson & Jill Erskine
Phone: 231.675.4561 (BC); 231.675.1326 (JE)
Cottage croquet
Monday, July 21, 2025
1:30 pm - 4 pm
Free for all ages!
registration on-site
1:30 pm // 7.21.25 // east park
Join us in East Park for the Cottage Croquet tournament! Open to all ages.
Games Manager: Brenda Bryan & Jan Kalbfell
Phone: 231.590.4541
Email: brendabryan4@gmail.com
disc golf doubles
Sunday, July 20, 2025
11 am - end
$40 per Rec team
$60 per Advanced Team
Registration on-site
10 am // 7.20.25 // mt. mcsauba
Disc Golf Doubles takes place on the Mt. McSauba Disc Golf course. Must bring your own partner. Competition is based on best shot doubles. Recreational & Advanced divisions available!
Games Managers: Katie & Spencer Bryan
Email: spencer@patobrien.com
Phone: 231.330.1356
Bocce Ball
MOnday, July 21, 2025
6:00 PM clinic, rules & challenge
free for all ages!
registration on-site
6:00 pm//7.21.25//shanahan field
Bocce Ball at Shanahan Field’s Dale Glass Baseball Diamond
Games Manager: Dan Ulrich
Email supervisor@charlevoixtownship.gov
Phone: 231.547.4611
*NEW* wii bowling
wednesday, july 23, 2025
2 - 4 pm
pre-registration required
email charlevoix@americanhouse.com
American House Senior Living will host Wii Bowling at its Charlevoix location on Wednesday, July 23, from 2-4 p.m. Limited space, so pre-registration is required. Families and spectators are welcome!
sailing • Jr Regatta
This event has been cancelled for 2025
In the past, the Junior event took place at Depot Beach. If you are interested in the regular summer sailing program, contact is below.
Games Manager: Samantha Hope with Sail Charlevoix
Phone: 231-675-9099
Email: samantha.hope@sailcharlevoix.org
sailing • regatta
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
5:30 pm - dusk
open to current Charlevoix yacht club members
You can see the racers from Ferry Beach and along Lake Charlevoix starting at 5:30 pm and goes til dusk.
3-on-3 soccer
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
5:30 pm - end
$60 per team
REGISTRATION OPEN soon!
3-on-3 soccer begins on Tuesday, July 22nd, with finals on Wednesday, July 23rd if there is a need to carry over to the next day. Teams include 4 players; 3 on the field, and 1 alternate.
Games Manager: Glenn Wachler
Phone: 248.705.8529
Email: gwachler56@gmail.com
foot races
Saturday, July 26, 2025
9 am - 10:15 am
$30 per person
REGISTRATION OPEN soon!
Jeff Drenth Memorial Foot Races is an event in memory of Charlevoix’s finest distance runner, featuring a 5k, 10k, and Family Mile.
Games Manager: Matt Peterson
Email: petersonmatt1965@gmail.com
Phone: 231.675.1746
PeAches 'n cream corn toss tourney
Saturday, july 26, 2025
1:30 pm
$20 per team
Registration on-site
12 noon // bridge park
Friday afternoon hosts the downtown block party and this year the Peaches ‘n Cream tournament will be held in Bridge Park.
Games Manager: Anthony Troshak
Email: atroshak23@gmail.com
Ryan shay mile
Saturday, July 26, 2025
10:30 am - 11 am
by invitation only
Starting at the intersection of US-31 and M-66 and finishing near Park Avenue in downtown Charlevoix, the Ryan Shay Mile is an all-out run that features top male and female runners, by invitation only, and offers prizes as high as $1,000 for first place in both the Men’s & Women’s leagues.
The event, going on its sixth year in 2025, is in memorial of Shay, a Central Lake High School alumnus and Olympic prospect who died in 2007 while completing a race.